TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seidman,Alan
TI  - College student retention: formula for student success
T2  - ACE/Praeger series on higher education
SN  - 0275981932 (alk. paper)
AV  - LC148.2 .C65 2005
U1  - 378.1619 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Westport, CT
PB  - Praeger Publishers
KW  - College attendance
KW  - United States
KW  - Local
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - College dropouts
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Forward: College student retention: formula for student success / Vincent Tinto -- Past to present: a historical look at retention / Joseph B Berger and Susan C. Lyon -- Measurements of persistence / Thomas G. Mortenson -- Theoretical developments in the study of college student departure / John M Braxton and Amy S. Hirschy -- How to define retention: a new look at an old problem / Linda Serra Hagedorn -- Toward reliable knowledge about college student departure / John M. Braxton and Stephanie D. Lee -- Student persistence and degree attainment beyond the first year in college: the need for research / Amaury Nora, Elizabeth Barlow, and Gloria Crisp -- Pathways to four-year degree: determinants of transfer and degree completion / Alberto F. Cabrera, Kurt R. Burkum, and Steven M. La Nasa -- Nine themes of college student retention / John P. Bean -- Pre-college and institutional influences on degree attainment / Alexander W. Astin and Leticia Oseguera -- Finances and retention : trends and potential formula for student success / Alan Seidman -- Where we go from here : a retention formula for student success / Alan Seidman -- Epilogue: moving form theory to action / Vincent Tinto
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004028152.html
ER  -